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JUST GOTTA SAY Blog Tour Week 1 Winners!

CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners of JUST GOTTA SAY from last week's stops on my Just Gotta Book Launch Blog Tour!
Tanya's Tales: Amanda W.Whipped Cream 1: JuneMWhipped Cream 2: picturelady129Whipped Cream 3: TBA (waiting to hear back from her...)Kathleen Gallagher's: elaing8 All Things Books: PamManic Readers: Anne R.
Stay tuned all this week for more opportunities to win!
Thanks for reading,Laura

Six Sentence Sunday #29 - Release Week Edition!

Hey guys! Since my erotic romance, JUST GOTTA SAY, released on Friday, naturally I'm offering six from this story.

Long minutes later, Callie was asleep, her body sprawled across Lucas, and her presence there was the only thing keeping his heart from exploding right out of his rib cage.Lucas had always recognized his feelings for her. She'd had the guts and grace to dress down a war-hardened veteran just when he needed it, and her actions had created a place for him to belong among this foursome of best friends, had started healing the big chip of rage and grief carved out of his shoulder, and had helped him find a path to becoming a better man. Every moment since then suggested his soul had met its match.But the fear of ruining—or, really, altering in any way negatively—what he already had with her had trapped him in a holding pattern.Until tonight.

Aw, I love that moment when a man confronts his feelings, don't you?
I hope you'll join in on week two of the Just Gotta Book Launch Blog Tour, all this coming week! I'm giving away the book at every stop! As always, thanks for reading and commenting (hopefully!!!). Read the Other Sixers' Posts and follow the #sixsunday hashtag on twitter!
:) Laura

JUST GOTTA SAY RELEASE DAY!!!

IT'S HERE! IT'S HERE! RELEASE DAY IS FINALLY HERE FOR JUST GOTTA SAY!
And, boy, do I have a lot of release day fun for ya!
Today is my last of a five-day appearance at the following: Whipped Cream Reviews, where I've been talking all week about sexual fantasies, and we've just had the best conversations! And my great author interviews at Tonya's Tales and Manic Readers Blog. PLUS, if you haven't read the totally cute and fun (and sexy! rawr!) group character interview at Fantasy Unbound Blog, you gotta check it out!
Up new on release day is my interview at The Forbidden Bookshelf and book feature at Kathleen's Place to Reflect, complete with a never-before-shared excerpt!  And the coolest thing??? Every one of these stops is a place for you to enter to win the book! Just comment! Easy peasy!
Can't wait to see if you won, no worries! The book is now available at Decadent Publishing, Amazon, and other fine booksellers (not B&N, yet...)!
Thanks for reading, and I hope you tour around with me!:D Laura
 

Inaugural Vlog - Sharing Some Goodies!

Well, I'm excited and a bit nervous to share my inaugural attempt at vlogging with you. If you're new to the idea and the word, "vlogs" are video blogs, where a person speaks in a video format rather than writes a blog post. Fun, huh? I thought it would be a great way to go since I'm sharing some swag goodies, and this way lets me show them to you and tell you all about them!
Without further ado, my first vlog:
Here's the cute snowman snowglobe, a little more clearly. So, lessons learned from my first vlog:1) Clean off any surfaces behind me before recording the first time. No way I could let that clutter stay in the shot! LOL2) Lock my dog out of the office before recording, so his barks didn't interrupt mid-vlog. Yep. That was my second take.3) Speak with a little less volume so it doesn't reverberate quite as much.4) Try not to say the word "cool" 8,001 times. *grins*
Otherwise, it was kinda totally fun, even though I'm a bit dorky in it. Still, what d'ya think?
Thanks for reading, and viewing!Laura

JUST GOTTA SAY'S Sexy Times Playlist!

Hey guys! The JUST GOTTA SAY Book Launch Blog Tour continues on, and I thought we'd celebrate here with a little sexy times music! But first, some news to share: JUST GOTTA SAY received its second review! 4 STARS from Book That Thing! : "Great chemistry between all the characters. Kaye made sure the characters were well developed even though it's an erotic novella. Each of them had a distinct personality. I was able to see and get to know them as individuals which in turn made the schmexiness that much more sizzling. Callie's an immensely likeable person....Trust and sex were two very powerful elements of the plot. Put together…hmmmmm, what a turn on!" JUST GOTTA SAY'S Buy Page went up on the publisher's site! The book should hopefully be up on Amazon by Friday's official release day, and on B&N and other distributors a few days after that! It will eventually be available everywhere ebooks are sold! Don't miss the super fun group character interview happening on Wednesday at Fantasy Unbound ! It was a lot of fun playing with them, and teasing them just a bit! Also, you gotta come join in the totally awesome conversations about women's sexual fantasies we've been having over at Whipped Cream !Okay, all that fun stuff out of the way, let's get back to JGS's sexy times playlist:[image error]

It's a short list, but a totally sweet and sexy one. If you don't know these songs, give 'em a listen, and let me know what you think!Thanks for reading, and listening!Laura

Top Off Tuesday!

Well, this is just too much fun not to play! After being introduced to Top Off Tuesday when North of Need got picked by one of the bloggers as an example of a hot, hunky, topless cover model, how could I not join in the fun???
And, it works out perfect, because my current read could NOT have a hunkier shirtless guy:
Oh, and why stop there??? Meet his brother:
And, it's nice these books don't just have some damn pretty packaging - I'm really enjoying what's on the inside of The Perfect Play's perfect cover, too!

Join in the cover deliciousness fun and post your favorite droolworthy cover on your blog, then post your link at Felicia's Geeky Blogger's Book Blog.
Thanks for reading, and ogling! Hey, no drooling on my site! Okay, you can drool, a little!:) Laura

Meet Me Monday - Some Firsts for Laura

Thanks to the lovely Rachel Firasek for organizing the Meet Me Monday blog hop! The idea here is to share some things you might not know about us - and then in the comments, share something in return! Love that!
So, I thought I'd share some firsts with you, such as:
*My very first erotic romance, JUST GOTTA SAY, releases this Friday! And the blog tour starts today! Check it out to win!
L to R: Mindy Klasky, Christi Barth, and me on right!*This past weekend, I participated in my very first book festival, and it was such great fun! The Maryland Romance Writers were official co-sponsors of the event. We had our own tent and hosted a packed crowd all weekend long. It was great getting to read from HEARTS IN DARKNESS and FOREVER FREED to a live crowd for the first time! (And a very exciting part of this weekend was getting to meet Megan Hart in person! Woot!)
*I received my very first EPIC awards nod. HEARTS IN DARKNESS is a finalist in the 2012 best novella category!
*On a more personal note, I'm excited to have finished building my very first Pandora bracelet with two beads my brother-in-law bought me for a belated birthday present! Anyone else collect Pandora?
*Today I had the first chocolate milkshake I've eaten in months, and it was fanfrickintastic! Slurp! *grins*
Any exciting firsts on your end?
Thanks for reading,Laura

The Just Gotta Blog Tour Is Here! (+1st Review!)

I'm so thrilled to announce the kick-off of the JUST GOTTA BLOG TOUR, celebrating the 9/30 release of my debut erotic romance, JUST GOTTA SAY! Decadent Publishing will be giving away an ebook at every stop of the tour, so come on out and comment early, comment often! 

And, just in time for the tour, Just Gotta Say has received its first review - and it's great! Here's what Sizzling Hot Book Reviews has to say:

Just Gotta Say is a fast paced and very sexy story. Once I started reading, I couldn't stop. Laura Kaye injects enough to humor to make us laugh while still heating up the pages quickly and eloquently. I felt like I was in Callie's place at times as she struggles with her fantasies.

I would recommend picking up Just Gotta Say if you love a sizzling hot story about finding yourself and where you belong. You won't be disappointed with Just Gotta Say if you like a little romance and a lot of erotic moments with some great characters.

Woohoo! So, without further ado, here are the blog tour deets:

TODAY!: Guest blog at Savvy Authors: 12 Lessons Learned from a Multi-Book Blog Tour!
9/26 - 30: 5-day spotlight at Whipped Cream Reviews: Talking about sexual fantasies all week!
9/26 – 30: Author interview at Tonya's Tales 9/27: Author interview at Manic Readers Blog
9/28: Character interviews at Fantasy Unbound Blog: Totally fun group character interview!
9/29: Guest blog at All Things Books: The Benefits of Being an Indie Author!
9/30: Author interview at The Forbidden Bookshelf
10/1: Show and Tell Saturday at Daily Dose of Decadence: Callie talks about the heroes of JGS!
10/4: Author interview at Tigris Eden's The Forbidden Blog
10/6: Three Way Thursday at Daily Dose of Decadence: What I'm thankful, thoughtful & thirsty for!
10/7: Author interview at Book Lovers, Inc.
10/12: Guest blog at Mare's Place
10/29: Show and Tell Saturday at Daily Dose of Decadence

Here's the blurb:

Callie Davis stumbles upon two of her three male roommates in a surprising, molten-hot midnight tryst and discovers a side of herself she never knew existed. Desire to play with them grips her, and she can't stop fantasizing about having multiple men, particularly her three long-time best friends.

Callie is thrilled when a guys' night out gives her the perfect opportunity to recreate her fantasy, with the help of a threesome porn video and a bag of sex toys. That is, until Lucas, Jack and Noah return early and catch her in the act. More than anything, the guys want to make her fantasy come true. But Callie has a secret, and she can't help wondering if being with all three men will risk the future she's always wanted with one of them.

As three strong sets of hands caress and undress her, Callie surrenders to desire, because sometimes you just gotta say...yes.

Thanks for reading, and I hope to see you along the tour!Laura
P.S. - Waving to Six Sentence Sunday peeps! Not participating this week as I expected to be totally exhausted from two 12-hour days at the Baltimore Book Festival...and I was right. Phew! Tons of fun but I may need to sleep for the next week! :) Oops, can't do that, can I???

Baltimore Book Festival Continues!

Yesterday at the Baltimore Book Festival was just great! And the fun continues today and tomorrow. I'm on several more panels today, doing another reading, and raffling another basket, so stop on by! Click here to see the full MRW schedule.

Here are the specifics events where you can find me today:

Saturday, 9/24:
2PM - READINGS & RAFFLES with Christie Kelley, Stephanie Draven, Laura Kaye and Laurel Wanrow (Forever Freed reading and Vampire Lover Basket)
3PM - Making the Most of Publishing with Small Presses and E-Pubs with Diane Wylie, Laura Kaye, Christi Barth, Kate Pool, Sharon Buchbinder and Joya Fields

7PM - Diversity in Genre Fiction with Catherine Asaro, Afton Locke, Laura Kaye, Stephanie Draven and Hanne Blank

So, doesn't this look like great fun? If you're within driving distance, consider coming on down and immersing in some book fun this weekend! And please say hi!

Thanks for reading,
Laura

Rachel Firasek on Musical Inspiration

As I'm Baltimore Book Festivaling it all weekend, starting today(!), I'm so very pleased to turn my blog over to my friend and fellow Entangled author, Rachel Firasek! 
Take it away, Rachel...
Every author has their own quirk when writing and many will tell you not to listen to music with words while you're writing. I happen to love my words, so I jam it out with a new playlist for each song. Often the songs will change before the story is finished, but the final result is the playlist that usually helped me the most.  If you've read The Last Rising, I think you'll be able to tell where I was at in the story by each song on the list. I hope you enjoy my eclectic array of music. 

And I'd love to know if any of these are a fave for you, or if there is any song that I should check out!
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CURSE OF THE PHOENIX, BOOK 1:  THE LAST RISING:

Now Available!   After paying two millennia's penance to Osiris, world-weary Phoenix Ice has had enough. Saving souls without any hope for her own redemption isn't how she imagined spending eternity. Fed up, she decides her next death will be her last. But when she sacrifices her own life for a sexy Texan in a catastrophic plane crash, she has no idea the consequences will be so great…or that she'll end up back in his life for her next assignment.
Now that Turner Alcott has survived the worst, finding a wife and mother for his son matters more than ever before. When the mysterious Ice comes into his life, Turner knows she's the one—but love is the last thing Ice wants. If he wants to win her heart, Turner must teach Ice how to forgive herself, and prove that love is the ultimate sacrifice.
THE LAST RISING EXCERPT:"Why is it I can't get you out of my mind? You say we haven't met, but my dreams remember you."
Oh yeah, he'd dreamt of a woman for months now. She resembled his dream woman in so many ways, but he'd never seen his fantasy lover's face.
She struggled against his clutch. "Mr. Alcott, I assure you we haven't met. And for your other question, I don't know why, but you need to release me."
Why did that quivering bottom lip make him suspect she was lying? Turner rested his forehead against the top of hers and sucked in her scent. "Please, tell me I'm not losing my mind. Tell me you don't visit me every night and I'll promise to leave you alone. I just need to know."
He sounded like a crazy man but she had to tell him. She was the only one who could put a stop to his mind's constant fantasizing, and this feeling of déjà vu every time he saw her.
Ice wriggled in his arms, her thighs chafing against his slacks. "Mr. Alcott, you need to let me go." She glanced around his shoulder. "Brodie is probably staring out that glass window and I would hate for him to get the wrong impression."
She was right. He needed to get ahold of himself, but he didn't have the strength to walk away. His hands traveled up and over her shoulders, stalling on her neck. Brushing his thumbs against her jaw, he pressed her head back and stared into hard eyes—no emotion. Couldn't she see the battle he fought?
He teased the corner of her mouth with his thumb and her breathy gasp pleased him. So, she wasn't completely immune to him. He dropped his head until his mouth hovered over hers.
"Mr. Alcott—"
"Shhh. I just need a taste of the sunshine."
THE CURSE OF THE PHOENIX, BOOK 2: THE LAST AWAKENING

Releases November 1, 2011

 For three hundred years, Arabella's life has been one meaningless death after another. In a cruel twist of fate, Osiris gifts the phoenix her mortality and long-gone voodoo magic with a warning that she must save her next soul within a week without using magic, or she'll lose her power forever.
Ex-soldier Greyson Meadows desperately wants to be freed from the nightmares and guilt that haunt him. Confronted by a waif of a woman who forces him to face the truth about his past, he runs fast and hard, fighting the need to prove himself worthy despite his perceived failures.
When Ari becomes the target of her own magical blunder, the weak will find strength and the strong will fall. One will have to give up everything so the other can have peace, but will love's magic withstand the loss?
  And, stay tuned for Book 3 which releases January 2012!

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Laura